JAPANESE BOMBING RAID ON DARWIN RAAF AIRFIELD 28 MARCH 1942 visits since 3 September 2000 Mitsubishi G4M1 Betty bomber The Japanese Takao Kokutai sent an unescorted flight of 7 Mitsubishi G4M bombers to raid Darwin on 28 March 1942. As the Allied fighters had been unable to intercept a number of the recent bombing raids, the Japs decided they would not send any escort fighters. Unknown to the ...